Hammer



C. HANSEN.

HAMMER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY27. 1921.

- Patented July 11, 1922,

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CHRIST HANSEN, OF MINE CREEK, IDAHO.

HAMMER.

Application filed May 27,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHRIST HANsnN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mink Creek, in the county of Franklin and State of Idaho, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hammers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hammers and handles, and has for its object the provision of a hammer and handle which is especially adapted for use in the construction of fences, and for general use.

An illustrative embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation;

Fig. 2 is an end view;

Fig. 3 is a detail section of the handle, taken on line 33 of Fig. 1, showing how the handle may be used in the stretching of wire.

Fig. 1 is a detail side view of the handle showing the structure of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 5 is a detail view illustrating the use of the hammer for pulling staples.

as shown the hammer comprises a handle 10 and a head 11 having a face 12 for driving nails, staples, and the like. The head may be retained upon the handle by the provision of a wedge 13 in the usual manner. To adapt the hammer and handle especially to fence builders use the claws 1 1 and 15 are made unequal in length, the claw 14; being the longer and terminating in a point, as at 16, which point may be struck into astaple which may be readily removed thereby. To make the point 16- more effective for this purpose it is deflected, as shown in Fig. 2, to a position upon the center line of the head of the hammer, so that an effective and accurate blow may be struck therewith,

to enter the point into the staple which may have been driven its full depth in a post.

To preserve the possibility of pulling nails with the hammer a slot 17 is provided between the two claws 14: and 15, and because of the above described form of the claw 14 the slot is placed diagonally with respect to the length of the hammer head.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 11, 1922.

1921. Serial NO. 473,076.

The nail which is to be pulled by the placing of the slot 17 thereon will approach the center line of the head and will therefore be eliiciently acted upon. The fact that claw 15 is shorter than claw 14 will not interfere with its effectiveness in pulling nails.

For the ready splicing of wire, a hole 18, or a slot 180, or both, may be provided in the handle 10, which handle may be an iron tube. As shown in Fig. 3, a wire may be spliced by forming a loop 19 in one of the ends to be joined, and by passing the portion 20 of the other end through the loop and through the hole 18 or slot 180 in the hammer handle, when the handle may be twisted, utilizing the head 11 as leverage, to wind the portion 20 about the handle, as more clearly shown in Fig; 1- at 21. In this figure the end of the portion 20 of the wire is shown at L2. The hold thus secured upon the portion 20 of the wire will enable the user of the hammer to stretch the wire, slipping the loop 19 down upon the portion 20, which action may be increased-by leverage of the handle 10. When the wire has been stretched a loop may also be formed upon the part 20, the wire upon the handle 10 being wound about the standing part of the portion 20, as suggested in Fig. 4.

The action of the claw 1a in pulling a staple, as 23, from a post, as 2st, is well illustrated in Fig. 5, a portion of the wire held by the staple being indicated at 25.

Minor changes may be made in the physical embodiment of the invention without departing from the spirit.

I claim:

A hammer comprising a head having claws of unequal length, the longer one being inclined toward the central line of the head and terminating in a point lying upon said central line, whereby an accurate blow may be struck with said point to force the same into a staple to be pulled, the space between said claws providing a nail-pulling slot, whereby said point may be used for pulling staples or the like.

CHRIST HANSEN. 

